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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13288
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Research

Legal details of UK’s participation in Horizon Europe becoming clearer

Work is progressing to formalise the United Kingdom’s participation in a number of European programmes, including Horizon Europe. Following the political agreement reached on Thursday 7 September (see EUROPE B13245A4), on Monday 6 November the EU Council published a draft decision of the EU-UK specialised committee on participation in European programmes under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA).

In addition, a Council decision proposed on the same day aims to give a mandate to...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: European Commission recommends opening EU accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova and granting candidate status to Georgia
ENLARGEMENT: Commission recommends opening accession negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina once “necessary degree of compliance” is achieved
ENLARGEMENT: Turkey continues to distance itself from EU, according to European Commission
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU leaders to take part on Thursday in international humanitarian conference in Paris for Gaza’s civilian population
MIDDLE EAST: in European Parliament, Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, calls for international action following Hamas attacks
G7: G7 countries support humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza
MEXICO: free trade agreement with EU should be ratified by end of year, according to Mexican ambassador
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: EU Council adopts its negotiating position on standardisation of technical requirements for approval of non-road mobile machinery
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on ‘Ecodesign’ regulation to continue on 4 December in absence of major progress
BIODIVERSITY: peatland restoration is a major issue in final European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on ‘Nature Restoration Law’, according to Jutta Paulus
CLIMATE: in Nairobi, Wopke Hoekstra affirms key role of an EU/Kenya partnership in global fight against climate change
DIGITAL: EU Council and European Parliament negotiators reach final agreement on European Digital Identity Wallet
RESEARCH: legal details of UK’s participation in Horizon Europe becoming clearer
COMPETITIVENESS: BusinessEurope wants to make European competitiveness a key issue in June 2024 European elections
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: EU Council and European Parliament reach agreement on proposal on instant payments
ECOFIN: Member States to continue negotiations on reform of EU fiscal rules
COMPANIES: methodology and transparency at heart of MEPs’ discussions on regulation on ‘ESG’ rating agencies
TAXATION: MEPs agree to strengthen European Commission’s proposal on withholding tax procedure
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Charles Michel invites EU27 to informal dinners to prepare EU’s future Strategic Agenda
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission registers four new European citizens’ initiatives
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
RUSSIA: EU General Court upholds sanctions against Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: national equality bodies – MEPs ready to negotiate with EU Council
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: European social partners in telecommunications, finance and gaming sectors adopt guidelines on violence and harassment at work
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee on Budgets approves €2.8 million in aid for 421 workers made redundant in Belgium
CLIMATE: October 2023 marks fifth consecutive monthly record and is warmest on record, according to Copernicus
COURT OF JUSTICE: two judges and advocate-general reappointed until October 2030
COMPANIES: EFRAG joins forces with CDP to align environmental reporting standards
SPACE: European Commission strengthens cooperation on satellite data with Argentina
GEORGIA: EU strongly condemns Russian border guards’ use of force against Georgian citizens
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Elisabetta De Blasis joins ECR group